Wrench.



PATENTED MAY 16, 1905.

R. L. GOMBS.

WRENCH.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1904.

INVENTOR fiw UNirEn STATES Patented May 16, 1905.

ATENT Oriana.

ROBERT LEE OOMBS, OF AROO, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR OF TlVO-THIRDSTO GEORGE E. OAKLEY AND GENERAL MARION REEOE, OF AROO, OKLAHOMATERRITORY.

WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 789,717, dated May 16,1905.

Application filed November 19, 1904. Serial No. 233,503.

F 0 all whom it HML concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT LEE (Jones, a citizen of the United States,residing at Arco, in the county of Woods, Oklahoma Territory, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vrenches; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in wrenches; andthe object of the invention is to produce a device of this characterhaving a slotted fulcrumed guide and so arranged that pipes or otherarticles may be securely gripped and held, the jaws being adapted to beadjusted while the handles are held together.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side .view of my improved wrench, the adjustment of thejaws being shown by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a sectional View through oneof the jaws. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, andFig. 4 is an enlarged detail viewof one of the jaws removed from thehandle.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A andB designate the two handles of the wrench, one of which carries a bailA, which is designed to engage over the other handle and hold the twotogether. Said handle B has a diagonally-disposed portion provided withan elongated slot B, which has a shoulder O, formed by recessing theface of the handle about the margin of said slot.

D designates a headed pin which is carried by the handle A, and theshank portion of said pin projects through the slot B, the head of thepin being adapted to slide upon the shoulder O and hold the two handlestogether. Said pin passes through a block E, which is of a thicknessequal to the width of said slot in which it has a play and serves as aguide in adjusting the jaws of the wrench nearer together or fartherapart.

The handle B has an angled end forming a jaw F with teeth F thereon,while the portion G may be enlarged and formed suitably for use as ahammer.

The handle A has an offset N upon one end thereof, which has a play overthe inclined edge of the handle B when the two jaws are being adjustedin different positions. The edge of said oifset, which is adjacent tothe diagonally-disposed part of the handle B, is slightly convexed, aswill be observed upon reference to Fig. I of the drawings, therebyallowing the two handles to be tilted upon their pivots without anyinterference between said offset and the handle B. The end of saidoffset portion is recessed, as at N, and a concaved jaw O is seated insaid recess and held therein by means of pins J, which pass throughregistering eyes in the side walls of the recessed portion of saidoffset and said cancaved jaw. In order to further strengthen and holdsaid concaved jaw in the recess in said offset, lugs O, which projectfrom said jaw O, are provided, which engage apertures in the bottom wallof said recess.

Q designates a screw which is mounted in a threaded aperture Q in thehandle B and in alinement with the slot B. Said screw is adapted to bearagainst said sliding block E within said slot, whereby the jaws may bescrewed together for adjusting the wrench to fit different-sized pipes,rods, or other articles, as may be desired.

In operation the two ends of the handles, one carrying the bail, may beheld together by the latter, and when it is desired to open or close thejaws to grip any object the thumb-screw is operated in one direction orthe other and when turning any object gripped by the jaws the bailholding the ends of the handles together will serve to hold the jawssecurely when the wrench is turned in one direction, and when turned inthe opposite direction the offset on the handle A will contact with theinclined portion of the handle B and receive the strain that comes uponthe jaws.

While I have shown a particular construction of apparatus illustratingmy wrench, it will be understood that the details of the same may bevaried, if desired, Without in any way departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A wrench-comprising a fixed jaw having an angled end, a portion of thehandle of said ,jaw being diagonally disposed and provided with anelongated slot with a recess about the marginal edge of said slot, asecond handle, a

to bear against said shouldered screw, a curved jaw having ribs upon itsoonvexed surface seated in the concaved end of said second handle withsaid lugs engaging recesses in the handle, and means for fastening saidcurved jaw to its handle, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiiX my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ROBERT LEE (JOMBS. Witnesses:

(J. A. RIPPEY, K. H. KENDALL.

